Adelaide Festival of Arts

Since its launch in 1960, the Festival has created a strong tradition of innovation and inspirational performances, drawing on selections of very diverse art forms from across Australia and around the world. The festival is held in March of every ‘even’ year and presents a rich and diverse program of international and Australian cultural performers and events.

The 2012 Adelaide Festival program marks the establishment of the Festival as an annual event. Over 17 days, from Friday, March 2 to Sunday, March 18 the program features 68 events, including 37 world premieres (three performance based and 34 visual arts), and 62 Australian premieres (19 performance based and 43 visual arts), in 386 performances from 970 international and Australian artists.

Highlights from the 2012 theatre program include the Australian premiere of A Streetcar, starring French screen legend Isabelle Huppert (left), in enfant terrible Polish director, Kryzysztof Warlikowski’s play based on Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. Tony Award winning British actor Jonathan Pryce stars in Harold Pinter’s masterwork The Caretaker, in a production that has been critically acclaimed as “near flawless”, and French master of theatrical spectacle James Thiérrée, performs his new large-scale fantastical solo work Raoul.

Where? Adelaide. SA

When? Adelaide Festival runs for 17 days and nights from Friday 2 to Sunday March 18 2012

Who & What? 2012 Programme Download (11.5mb so be patient!)

· 68 events, 14 exclusive to Adelaide - 386 performances- 37 world premieres - 3 from the performance program and 34 from the Visual Arts program - 62 Australian premieres - 19 from the performance program and 43 from the Visual Arts program -· nine theatre, five dance, 29 music and four film events, alongside Adelaide Writers’ Week, Adelaide International, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art and Deadly – an exhibition involving eight Australian first nation artists
· 970 artists - 660 Australian and 310 international

Download a PDF of the 2012 Adelaide Festival program. [11 mg pdf]

Listen to Audio version of the 2012 Adelaide Festival program. [110 mg audio mp3]

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Festival Website? Adelaide Festival of Arts

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